The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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August 7, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the new and old lease for the Hocker Farm and requests that it be approved. Pratt provides information on the purchase of the farm as well as the possibility that it will be sold and further notes that the lease goes…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Transmits New Lease for the Hocker Farm for the 1898 Fiscal Year474.61 KB
August 7, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of receipt-supplies-contract (flour and grains) blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Supplemental Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, August 1897444.06 KB
August 9, 1897
Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on decisions made in regards to irregular labor mentioned in the May and June 1897 report. He informs the Commissioner that the unauthorized labor…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Funding Explanation for Report of Irregular Employees, May and June 1897935.63 KB
August 9, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant printer Levi St. Cyr's application for a 30-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Levi St. Cyr's Application for Leave of Absence 323.27 KB
August 10, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards O. H. Bakeless' application for a 15-day annual leave of absence. Bakeless works as a principal teacher.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: O. H. Bakeless' Application for Annual Leave of Absence 323.85 KB
August 11-14, 1897
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Mark Wolfe (Cherokee) be appointed as an industrial teacher in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Wolf's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, endorses them in his cover letter, and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Mark Wolfe1.18 MB
August 11, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant cook Laura A. Dandridge's application for a 14-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Laura A. Dandridge's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 309.15 KB
August 11, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his letters of July 24, 1897 requesting if the Office of Indian Affairs has taken on those applications.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Follows Up on Request for Action on Applications752.14 KB
August 13, 1897
Form indicating to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Howard R. Blanchard is recognized as an agent to represent claims before the department and the bureau.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Form Indicating Howard R. Blanchard is Agent284.3 KB
August 13, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards government request for transportation on account of the Carlisle Indian School for Hosea Locke and ten students from Blackfoot, Idaho to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel to Enroll
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwards Government Request for Transportation from Idaho to Iowa532.46 KB
August 14, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs instruct the U.S. Indian Agent at the Pine Ridge Agency assist Nellie Robertson in bringing a party of students from the agency to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Pine Ridge Agent Assist in Recruitment263.53 KB
August 16, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Maxie and Charley Frizzle Head who request to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Maxie and Charley Frizzle Head Request to Enroll at Carlisle603.62 KB
August 16, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs direct the Superintendent of the Oneida Boarding and Day Schools to send 10 or 12 students be sent to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Office Direct Oneida School to Send Students to Carlisle294.2 KB
August 18, 1897
W. H. Clapp, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency forwards a request of Hand for the return of his daughter Julia Hand from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for the Return Home of Julia Hand241.23 KB
August 20, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a circular from the Office of Indian Affairs by providing his estimate for the 1899 fiscal year. Pratt requests authority to have 1,000 students at Carlisle and on outing in addition to various plans to improve the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fiscal Year 1899 Financial Estimate1.58 MB
August 20, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests the transfer of Bessie H. Cummins to a position as clerk and a promotion for Mary Bailey. In addition, he requests a teacher be assigned from the Civil Service lists to replace Bailey's old position.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Staff Changes Covered by Civil Service Regulations540.12 KB
August 23, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission for one month's leave following his examination for promotion at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Leave of Absence Following Examination in 1897264.29 KB
August 24, 1897
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 3 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Santee Agency.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Santee Agency, 18971.67 MB
August 24, 1897
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 7 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Yankton Agency in South Dakota.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Yankton Agency, 1897355.91 KB
August 24, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt provides information to W. N. Hailmann on Julia Williams and provides a recommendation for her to serve as an assistant matron in a small school in the Indian School Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Information and Recommendation on Julia Williams281.9 KB
August 25, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards J. L. Dandridge's application for a 7-day annual leave of absence. Dandridge works as a cook.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: J. L. Dandridge's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 333.47 KB
August 25, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay students for various tasks as well as purchasing supplies.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Students and Purchase Supplies794.17 KB
August 26, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt informs Antonio Apache that he should travel to the Carlisle Indian School to obtain instructions on a recruiting trip for the Fort Apache and San Carlos Agencies. Pratt notes that he will be in Leavenworth, Kansas taking his…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Antonio Apache Requested to Come to Carlisle for Recruiting Instructions in 1897210.69 KB
August 26, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from W. N. Hailmann regarding a position for Timothy Henry in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides a Recommendation for Timothy Henry794.61 KB
August 26, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Julia Hand to her home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Responds to Request to Return Julia Hand313.85 KB